BI302 A - Evolution (Spring 2026)

Position Summary

: A comprehensive and integrative course on evolution by natural selection as the underlying principle of modern biology. Topics include the mechanisms of selection; the concepts of adaptation, fitness and species; the evolution of sex; co-evolution; and the origin of life.

Learning Outcomes:

Understand how the scientific method and the central organizing paradigms, concepts, and processes, contribute to knowledge about evolutionary biology.

Understand how evolutionary biology integrates with concepts from across the natural sciences, to contribute to the development of new understanding of life processes.

Select and apply concepts, theories, and established methodologies currently used in evolutionary biology for the identification, investigation, and analysis of complex problems.

Propose and test concepts, hypotheses and predictions about evolution using critical thinking and analytical skills at all...